|
Graduate Study |
|
|---|---|
|
Welcome to the Horticulture Graduate program. The Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources offers graduate programs in horticulture leading to master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees in horticulture. The department has 24 faculty involved in teaching, research, and extension, and maintains a horticulture field research facility of 57 acres and a turfgrass research farm of 7 acres near the campus. In addition, the department operates a 120-acre research center in Wichita, an 80-acre pecan experimental field near Chetopa, and a research/education center of 260 acres in eastern Kansas near DeSoto. Excellent greenhouse and controlled environmental facilities of nearly 25,000 square feet are available for teaching and research. Research in basic and applied areas of horticulture is supported by modern and well-equipped field and laboratory facilities. The department is located in the Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center with new state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities. Research is conducted in a wide range of areas including crop production, crop improvement, crop adaptation, horticultural therapy, in vitro culture, biotechnology, plant-environment interactions, stress physiology, and molecular biology. The research encompasses all the commodity areas in horticulture such as ornamental crops, floriculture, turfgrass, and food crops. The graduate program prepares students to pursue leadership and excellence in academic careers in research, teaching and outreach. It also trains students to be leaders in horticulture industry and private sector. Typically students, after graduation, find careers in academic and research institutions and in a wide range of areas in horticulture industry involving landscape and turfgrass management, floriculture and ornamental crops, food crops, and therapy-based fields such as elderly and disabled care, and hospitals. |
Graduate Studies |